List of James Bond villains

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The James Bond novels and films are notable for their memorably despicable villains and henchmen. From Le Chiffre's encounter with Bond in the original Casino Royale novel in 1953 to his appearance in the 2006 film adaptation alongside the sinister Mr. White, Bond's foes have been one of the most important reasons for the book and film series' continued popularity.


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[edit] Main villains

[edit] Novel villains

[edit] Ian Fleming

Novel Villain Objective Fate
Casino Royale Le Chiffre Escape bankruptcy by playing baccarat. Killed by a SMERSH hitman.
Live and Let Die Mr. Big Smuggled gold coins to finance SMERSH. Eaten by a shark after Bond blows up his boat with a limpet mine.
Moonraker Hugo Drax Destroy London with his Moonraker missle. Destroyed by his own missle when Bond redirected it to target his submarine.
Diamonds Are Forever Jack and Seraffimo Spang Smuggle Diamonds. Shot by Bond.
From Russia with Love Rosa Klebb Kill James Bond in a humiliating sex scandal. Captured by the Deuxime Beareau. Later dies.
General G Survives.
Dr. No Dr. Julius No Disrupt U.S. guided missle tests. Buried in bird guano.
Goldfinger Auric Goldfinger Rob Fort Knox. Strangled by Bond.
"From a View to a Kill" (short story) Russians Kill dispacth-riders of SHAPE. Killed in a gunfight with Bond, SHAPE, and the story's Bond girl.
"For Your Eyes Only" (short story) Von Hammerstein Acquire the Havelock Estate in Jamaica. Killed by Judy Havelock.
"Quantum of Solace" (short story) No villain
"Risico" (short story) Kristatos Smuggle drugs, create a missle system for Russia, and mislead Bond into killing Columbo. Shot by Bond while driving his car. Car drives into the fog.
"The Hildebrand Rarity" (short story) Milton Krest Catch the Hildebrand Rarity and abuse wife. Wife shoves the Hildebrand Rarity down his throat, Bond throws the body overboard.
Thunderball Emilio Largo Blackmail the western world with two stolen atomic bombs. Shot with a speargun in the neck by his mistress, Domino.
Ernst Stavro Blofeld Survives.
The Spy Who Loved Me Mr. Sanguinetti, Sol "Horror" Horowitz, and "Sluggsy" Morant Rape and murder Vivienne Michel. Shot by Bond.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service Ernst Stavro Blofeld Blackmail the United Kingdom with germ warfare. Survives.
You Only Live Twice Ernst Stavro Blofeld Lure countless Japanesse to committ suicide. Strangled by Bond.
The Man with the Golden Gun Francisco (Paco) "Pistols" Scaramanga Run a smuggling operation in the Carribean. Shot multiple times by Bond, including once through the heart.
"Octopussy" (short story) Maj. Dexter Smythe
"The Property of a Lady" (short story) Russians
"The Living Daylights" (short story) "Trigger"
"007 In New York" (short story) No villain

[edit] Robert Markham (a.k.a. Kingsley Amis)

[edit] John Gardner

[edit] Raymond Benson

[edit] Charlie Higson

[edit] EON villains

Film Villain Portrayed by Objective Fate
Dr. No Dr. Julius No Joseph Wiseman Sabotage American missile tests. Lowered into boiling reactor coolant. Unable to escape due to metal hands.
From Russia with Love Rosa Klebb Lotte Lenya Acquire Russian decoding device. Shot in the chest by Tatiana Romanova.
Ernst Stavro Blofeld Anthony Dawson Survives.
Goldfinger Auric Goldfinger Gert Fröbe Detonate an atomic bomb inside Fort Knox, irradiating the gold supply and increasing his own gold's value. Sucked out of a depressurizing plane thanks to Bond.
Thunderball Emilio Largo Adolfo Celi Acquire nuclear weapons for extortion purposes. shot with harpoon in the back by Domino Derval.


Ernst Stavro Blofeld Anthony Dawson (uncredited)
Eric Pohlmann (voice, uncredited)		 Survives.
You Only Live Twice Donald Pleasence Incite a war between the US and the USSR by subverting spacecraft. Survives.


On Her Majesty's Secret Service Telly Savalas Extort the world with viruses that destroy crops and livestock. Survives.
Diamonds Are Forever Charles Gray Create death-ray satellite capable of destroying targets anywhere on Earth. Survives. (but not revealed until the opening scene of For Your Eyes Only, where he is disfigured and in a wheelchair)
Live and Let Die Dr. Kananga / Mr. Big Yaphet Kotto Monopolize the heroin market. Forced to swallow shark gun bullet then he inflates and explodes..
The Man with the Golden Gun Francisco Scaramanga Christopher Lee Acquire the Solex Agitator, a vital component for a solar power plant. Shot in the heart By bond in Scaramanga's fun house.
The Spy Who Loved Me Karl Stromberg Curd Jürgens Destroy the world, rebuild civilization under the sea. Shot multiple times through tube under his dining table and above table by Bond.
Moonraker Sir Hugo Drax Michael Lonsdale Destroy all human life on Earth, rebuild humanity from carefully chosen breeding stock. Shot with poison dart gun and forced into outer space by Bond.
For Your Eyes Only (disputed) Ernst Stavro Blofeld John Hollis (uncredited)
Robert Rietty (voice/uncredited)		 Kill James Bond Dropped from helicopter down factory chimney.
Aris Kristatos Julian Glover Acquire the ATAC device, which would enable hijacking of British Polaris missiles. Impaled in the back with throwing knife by Milos Columbo
Octopussy Kamal Khan Louis Jourdan Detonate nuclear weapon in Europe, tricking the West into disarmament, which will then be used as a pretext for a Warsaw Pact invasion of Western Europe. Dies in fiery plane crash into a mountain thanks to Bond.
General Orlov Steven Berkoff Shot by border guards on General Gogol's orders.
A View to a Kill Max Zorin Christopher Walken Cause massive earthquake destroying Silicon Valley to monopolize the microchip market. Plummets from top of Golden Gate Bridge.
The Living Daylights Brad Whitaker Joe Don Baker Opium, arms, and diamond deals. Bond makes his key chain explode and makes a Bust of Wellington topple onto him and crush him.
General Koskov Jeroen Krabbé Arrested and probably executed.
Licence to Kill Franz Sanchez Robert Davi South American drug deals. Gasoline-soaked body set aflame by Bond then blown up.
GoldenEye Alec Trevelyan (006) Sean Bean Take over GoldenEye EMP satellite and use for profit and revenge. Dropped by Bond down from radar dish, framework drops on top of him after.
Tomorrow Never Dies Elliot Carver Jonathan Pryce Provoke war between the UK and China to generate headlines for news reporting. Forced into path of Sea-Vac remote controlled drill by Bond and shredded into bits.
The World Is Not Enough Elektra King Sophie Marceau Gain sole control of oil transit in the Caspian sea by destroying Istanbul. Shot in the chest by Bond.
Viktor 'Renard' Zokas Robert Carlyle Impaled in the chest by plutonium rod that is shot out of the reactor by Bond.
Die Another Day Gustav Graves (Colonel Moon) Toby Stephens (Will Yun Lee) Invade South Korea with the help of a death-ray satellite. Bond pulls the cord on his parachute Sucking him into a plane engine and shredding him bits.
Casino Royale Le Chiffre Mads Mikkelsen Regain clients money lost in failed terrorist plot. Shot in the head by Mr. White.
Mr. White Jesper Christensen Regain money lost by Le Chiffre Captured. Unkown what happens to him after.
Quantum of Solace Dominic Greene Mathieu Amalric Stage a coup d'état in Latin America, to gain control of a piece of land rich in resources.[1]

[edit] Villians in non-EON Bond films

Film Villain Portrayed by
Casino Royale — 1954 TV episode Le Chiffre Peter Lorre
Casino Royale — 1967 film Le Chiffre
Dr. Noah/Jimmy Bond		 Orson Welles
Woody Allen
Never Say Never Again Maximillian Largo
Ernst Stavro Blofeld		 Klaus Maria Brandauer

Max von Sydow


[edit] Game villains

The following is a list of original main villains in James Bond computer and video games.

Game Villain Portrayed by
GoldenEye 007 Alec Trevelyan Sean Bean
Agent Under Fire Adrian Malprave
Nightfire Rafael Drake Michael Ensign
Everything or Nothing Nikolai Diavolo Willem Dafoe
GoldenEye: Rogue Agent Dr. Julius No/Auric Goldfinger Joseph Wiseman/Gert Fröbe
From Russia with Love OCTOPUS
Quantum of Solace (video game)

[edit] Villainous organizations

  • SMERSH — "Death to Spies", Bond's original nemesis in the novels, though only briefly mentioned in the films.
  • SPECTRE — Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion, first appeared in the novel Thunderball and replaced SMERSH as Bond's nemesis in the films.
  • The Spangled Mob — Bond's enemy in the novel Diamonds Are Forever. They also appear in Goldfinger and The Man with the Golden Gun
  • Janus Syndicate — Alec Trevelyan's vehemently anti-British terrorist organization in the Bond film GoldenEye.
  • The Union — Villainous organization in 3 Raymond Benson 007 novels.
  • Octopus — Replaced SPECTRE in the video game From Russia with Love for copyright reasons.
  • Quantum — The shadowy terrorist organization seen in Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace.[2] One of their leading members, Dominic Greene, leads a cover organisation called Green Planet.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sony Pictures. "Quantum of Solace Press Conference Photos", ComingSoon.net, 2008-01-24. Retrieved on 2008-01-25. 
  2. ^ "Seeking Solace on the Bond set", USA Today, 2008-04-03. Retrieved on 2008-04-04. 
  3. ^ Olly Richards. "Bond 22 Plot Details", Empire, 2008-01-24. Retrieved on 2008-01-26. 

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